AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5 8600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with 8 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Core i5 8600K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i5 8600K 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Integrated graphics card

Larger memory bandwidth (41.6GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

943

Intel Core i5 8600K +28%

1213

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 +21%

8046

Intel Core i5 8600K

6632

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1007

Intel Core i5 8600K +63%

1649

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

4364

Intel Core i5 8600K +38%

6050

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

953

Intel Core i5 8600K +22%

1163

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 +15%

6212

Intel Core i5 8600K

5367

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1981

Intel Core i5 8600K +31%

2603

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 +44%

14717

Intel Core i5 8600K

10201

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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Intel Core i5 8600K

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-8600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

6

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8600K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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